Senior Associate Developer – Mainframe Technologies
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Job Description:
Team Information:
The Auths/Security/Fraud team operates within the Application Development organization. The team maintains, supports, and enhances the critical systems associated with card member credit authorization processing and card member fraud prevention. The team regularly collaborates with the Risk business unit, vendor partners, and technical infrastructure groups to achieve high availability and project delivery.
Position Details:
This role is primarily a developer, proficient in mainframe technologies and C++ with Java knowledge as well. Development work involves both application enhancements as well as support and maintenance activities.
Job Responsibilities:
- Design and develop software solutions as per business requirements
- Complete testing and implementation activities
- Lead and participate in design and code reviews
- Support application activities during production events
- Promote a risk-aware culture, ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes.
Skills:
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or equivalent related experience.
- 5+ years’ work experience
Desired Skills:
- Development and maintenance of mainframe applications.
- Cobol
- CICS
- DB2 (in terms of data access)
- Experience developing high volume applications
- Code version control tool
- Scheduling tool for batch processes
- Experience with Continuous Improvement tools in software development strategy (Jenkins, etc.)
- Event-driven architecture / IBM MQ (or similar)
- Experience with Test Automation
- C++
- Java
- Tomcat or WAS
- Production support responsibilities
- High Availability
- Experience with Agile development methodology
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